EN: When the #3 collection of DP Studio came out, this pattern was the first that caught my interest so I couldn't wait to make it. The skirt is midi length, has a side invisible zipper and two variations: the first (version a) takes a longer flounce which is inserted from hip level on the right to the hem on the left; version b takes a smaller flounce just at the hem; both versions have pleats: on version a the pleats are concealed by the upper flounce and on version b the pleats take the opposite direction (the next photo is composed by images from DP Studio website):

EN: I wanted to make the skirt in red because as a friend of mine said, red has the highest impact on this skirt, so I found (locally) a nice rustic wool blend with enough body to emulate the effect of the original skirt and I put myself into work. I found a couple of problems on the pattern, which I have corrected and reported back to DP Studio so I trust the pattern has been fixed by now. The problems were the two main pattern pieces that when joined together make the larger section of the skirt wouldn't match with each other and one of the waist facings was also too small for the waist perimeter. Since I have understood the flat pattern construction of the skirt I was able to correct the problems, cut and successfully sew the skirt which is everything I had expected, and some more:

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